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I recently bought a toshiba laptop with win7 installed.
I was therefore entitled to the win8 upgrade for $15
I registered with Microsoft and duly went throught the payment process yesterday
So $15 for the download and i thought the DVD would come in handy - shock! horror! - $25-49 for the DVD
The blurb said enter your discount voucher so you can get the upgrade for the $15, which i did - well i thought i did
Note in the blurb said " the full price of $49 will show on the Cart - but you will only be charged the $15
WELL! - when i see the paypal receipt - i have been charged the FULL amount (not happy Jan!)
The download started immediately (would have been nice for me to pick when and if i wanted to download the damn thing, especially as how i ordered the DVD)
So i tried to install on my new Toshiba laptop
Three hours later after a couple of install hiccups and having to un-install TEN incompatible programs or Drivers (including USB3 drivers ???) before it would start the install.
So the install finally completes and i explore a bit - bit confusing at first - but i started to get the hang of it
So lets see if we can get on the net - I should have known - SORRY WE CAN NOT DISPLAY THE WEB PAGE
WHAT IS IT WITH MICROSOFT FIRST RELEASES AND INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEMS
So i troubleshoot for the cause - try everything i know and a few tips from the net on my other computer
I can ping numerically - i can ping by name - all else says CONNECTED
MSN says key port problem
after a couple of hours i give up - there is a "Refresh" option - WONDERFUL!
the Refresh finishes and it restarts
STILL NO INTERNET PAGES - just the same as before
BUT WAIT! - there seems to be less icons on my desktop and a new folder
What does the folder contain you might ask
ALL THE BLOODY PROGRAMS THAT THE REFRESH UN-INSTALLED
what else did it un-install? - Why half the drivers including the ethernet and wireless drivers
have a guess who is glad he made the Win7 restore disks?
ME! ME! ME!
geoff
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